Comments on: Engineered artificial human livers for drug testing and discoveryhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/engineered-artificial-human-livers-for-drug-testing-and-discovery
Accelerating IntelligenceTue, 31 Mar 2015 19:29:22 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1By: melajarahttp://www.kurzweilai.net/engineered-artificial-human-livers-for-drug-testing-and-discovery/comment-page-1#comment-123515
melajaraTue, 19 Mar 2013 14:57:04 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=184772#comment-123515This is because we are seemingly still very far away of a COMPLETE model of the human body intricacies and of the true impact of diversity among individuals.This is because we are seemingly still very far away of a COMPLETE model of the human body intricacies and of the true impact of diversity among individuals.
]]>By: RBhttp://www.kurzweilai.net/engineered-artificial-human-livers-for-drug-testing-and-discovery/comment-page-1#comment-122965
RBTue, 19 Mar 2013 01:23:04 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=184772#comment-122965"The liver won't have any problems with our new drug!" they'll exclaim, as it eats a hole in the patient's stomach.
This is a great new tool, but let's not forget the human body is a whole system with subtly interconnected parts.“The liver won’t have any problems with our new drug!” they’ll exclaim, as it eats a hole in the patient’s stomach.

This is a great new tool, but let’s not forget the human body is a whole system with subtly interconnected parts.

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BriMon, 18 Mar 2013 15:11:35 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=184772#comment-122443Although I applaud this development I think two weeks is a relatively short test period. I agree with Ian that computer models will greatly speed up drug trials, once they have become sophisticated enough to truly replicate the human body.. This will be useful but won't end animal testing or lengthy human trails.Although I applaud this development I think two weeks is a relatively short test period. I agree with Ian that computer models will greatly speed up drug trials, once they have become sophisticated enough to truly replicate the human body.. This will be useful but won’t end animal testing or lengthy human trails.
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Ian ClarkeMon, 18 Mar 2013 12:54:27 +0000http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=184772#comment-122357Clinical trials are frustratingly drawn-out affairs, so anything that speeds up the process should be welcomed. I'd like the entire human body to be 'on chip', negating the need for any human trials - or better yet, computer simulations of the body that can accurately replicate years of trials in a matter of hours/minutes. Medicine is now an information technology - it seems crazy to me that we're still reliant upon a 'suck it and see' approach with regards to new drugs.Clinical trials are frustratingly drawn-out affairs, so anything that speeds up the process should be welcomed. I’d like the entire human body to be ‘on chip’, negating the need for any human trials – or better yet, computer simulations of the body that can accurately replicate years of trials in a matter of hours/minutes. Medicine is now an information technology – it seems crazy to me that we’re still reliant upon a ‘suck it and see’ approach with regards to new drugs.
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